Lab Lead
Professor Adrian Manning
Building our science.
Leaving a legacy.
Adrian has worked in landscape ecology and conservation biology for over 20 years, specialising in ecosystem restoration and reintroductions.
Ecology team
Hannah Gerke
PhD Candidate
Specialises in spatial and behavioural ecology, and is studying the welfare of translocated eastern brown snakes.
Jenny Newport
Senior Research Officer
Coordinates licencing and fieldwork, and leads biodiversity monitoring for the MFGO Woodland Experiment.
McLean Cobden
PhD Candidate
Specialises in superb parrot spatial ecology, reproductive biology, and conservation.
Kathryn Macpherson
Masters Student
Studied the habitat selection of reintroduced eastern quolls using innovative spatial models.
Cassandra Holt
Research Officer
Leads on-ground research in the Ginninderry Conservation Corridor, and supports fieldwork and logistics for the Lab.
Kiarrah Smith
PhD Candidate
Specialises in small mammal ecology through the ‘refugee species’ lens, and studies Pookila reintroduction biology.
Christina Gee
Masters Student
Studies the behavioural and morphological traits driving dispersal behaviour in reintroduced eastern quolls.
Dr Belinda Wilson
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Specialises in behavioural, spatial, population, and community ecology, and studied eastern quoll reintroduction biology.
Shoshana Rapley
PhD Candidate
Specialises in bird ecology and spatial ecology, and studies bush stone-curlew captive breeding and reintroduction biology.
Ellie Lambden
Honours Student
Studying the potential for conditioned taste aversion as a management tool in bush stone-curlew conservation.
Tim Andrewartha
PhD candidate
Specialises in non-lethal fox management tactics based on evolutionary and adaptive principles for animal management.
Ashlyn Austin
PhD Candidate
Specialises in developing innovative strategies to protect livestock and native animals from invasive predators (e.g., red foxes).
Steve Holliday
Field Assistant
Supports biodiversity monitoring and data management for the MFGO Woodland Experiment.
Conservation genetics team
Dr Linda Neaves
Conservation Geneticist
Specialises in using genomic tools to address conservation and management problems, and leads the Conservation Genetics Lab.
Samantha Shippley
PhD Candidate
Specialises in using eDNA techniques to develop effective management for large herbivores in grassy woodlands, and studied eastern quoll diet.
Maisie Walker Stelling
Lab Manager
Supports the Conservation Genetics Lab and fieldwork for the Ginninderry Conservation Corridor project.
Kylie Morrow
Masters Student
Studied the conservation genomics of the pink-tailed worm-lizard as part in the Ginninderry Conservation Corridor.
Brittany Brockett
PhD candidate
Specialises in applying conservation genetics to threatened and translocated species management.
Kai Dewar
Honours Student
Studied the conservation genetics and and genetic management of small mammal species.
Collaborators
Professor Iain Gordon
Central Queensland University
Specialises in sustainable land-use and managing livestock for conservation. Iain has contributed to many Lab projects, including the MFGO Woodland Experiment and Ginninderry Conservation Corridor.
Associate Professor Gavin Smith
ANU School of Sociology
Leads the Canberra Snake Tracking Project and collaborates with the Lab on the socio-ecology of eastern brown snakes in the Ginninderry Conservation Corridor.
Dr Sue McIntyre
ANU Fenner School of Environment and Society, CSIRO
Specialises in plant community ecology and grassy-woodland management. She has been instrumental in the MFGO Woodland Experiment since its inception.
Associate Professor Anton Blencowe
University of South Australia
Leads the Applied Chemistry and Translational Biomaterials Group at the University of South Australia and contributes chemistry expertise for the Ginninderry Conservation Corridor project.
Dr Maldwyn John Evans
ANU Fenner School of Environment and Society
Specialises in biostatistics and entomology, and has contributed to population modelling for a number of Lab projects, including the MFGO Woodland Experiment.
Alumni
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Honours Student
Suen (2015) Assessing the success of the reintroduction of eastern bettongs (Bettongia gaimardi) in establishing a genetically diverse population in the ACT. Honours thesis, Australian National University.
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PhD Candidate
Sharif (2011) The ecological impacts of palm oil industry on avian and mammal biodiversity. PhD thesis, Australian National University.
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PhD Candidate
Howland (2016) Managing kangaroo grazing for the conservation of grassland and grassy woodland fauna. PhD thesis, Australian National University.
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PhD Candidate
Ross (2020) Bringing Back the Bettong: Reintroducing ecosystem engineers for restoration in Box-Gum grassy woodland. PhD thesis, Australian National University.
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Honours Student
Mauger (2017) What’s That Smell? How Marsupials in Mulligans Flat Respond to Different Predator Odours. Honours thesis, Australian National University.
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Stojanovic (2014) Life history and breeding biology of the endangered swift parrot. PhD thesis, Australian National University.
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Research Officer
Development of the Mulligans Flat-Goorooyarroo Woodland Experiment and its annual monitoring program.
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PhD Candidate
Ikin (2014) Avian functional responses to landscape recovery. PhD thesis, Australian National University.
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Honours Student
Abicair (2016) Historic habitat selection and post-reintroduction population biology of the New Holland Mouse. Honours thesis, Australian National University.
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PhD Candidate
Rayner (2015) Conserving woodland birds: the need for population data in evidence-based planning. PhD thesis, Australian National University.
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Research Officer
Biodiversity value of revegetation.
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Honours Student
Killey (2010) Modelling fallen branch volumes in a temperate eucalypt woodland: implications for large senescent trees and benchmark loads of coarse woody debris. Honours thesis, Australian National University.
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PhD Candidate
Barton (2010) Beetle diversity in box-gum grassy woodlands: the importance of habitat heterogeneity at multiple scales. PhD thesis, Australian National University.
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Honours Student
Robb (2019) Engineering the regeneration niche for the restoration of temperate grassy woodlands. Honours thesis, Australian National University.
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PhD Candidate
Cunningham (2016) Design and analysis of quasi-experiments in landscape ecology: responses of fauna to landscape vegetation transformation in South-Eastern NSW. PhD thesis, Australian National University.
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PhD Candidate
Goldin (2020) Quantifying the impact of coarse woody debris on soil and vegetation in a cleared temperate woodland. PhD thesis, Australian National University.
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PhD Candidate
Shokirov (2021) Using multi-platform LiDAR to assess vegetation structure for woodland forest fauna. PhD thesis, Australian National University.
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PhD Candidate
Bennett (2010) Return of the Fauna: Brown Treecreeper Reintroduction in Eucalypt Woodland. PhD thesis, Australian National University.
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Batson (2015) A tactics-based approach for improving outcomes of eastern bettong reintroductions. PhD thesis, Australian National University.
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Masters Student
Does Mulligans Flat Woodland Sanctuary have suitable habitats for yellow-footed antechinus and agile antechinus?
